China has always tried to support its
homegrown tech industry and even the
security concerns over U.S. secret
surveillance which gives Chinese
Government another reasons to trust
domestic vendors.Many other countries
are also in favor to develop their own
technology industries to reduce their
dependence on U.S.
The Government of China is not too fond
of foreign mobile operating systems and
therefore are trying to break the
monopoly of Microsoft, Apple and Google
in the country.
This week at an event in Beijing, China
has unveiled its own Linux-based mobile
platform, dubbed China Operating System
(COS), developed as a joint effort
between a company 'Shanghai Liantong',
ISCAS (Institute of Software at the Chinese
Academy of Sciences) and the Chinese
Government.
According to COS website, it is designed
for PCs, Smartphones, tablets, TVs, set-
top boxes and other smart appliances. It
runs Java applications, supports HTML5
and can run over 100,000 apps.
At the launch event, the head of the ISCAS
criticized Apple’s iOS for being a closed
ecosystem, Android for its fragmentation
issues, and Windows Phone for its poor
security.
According to the promo video, the China
Operating System (COS) interface and
functions are much like Android,
specifically very similar to HTC’s Sense 5.
However, many Chinese users are
criticizing this operating system on social
media sites, “What does COS stand for?
COPY OTHER SYSTEM?… But it really does
look like a fusion of the Apple, Android,
Symbian, and Blackberry operating
system,”
Another user commented, "It’s not open
source because they’re terrified that
others will see that the source code is the
same as Android, and accuse them of
cheating the government out of money,"
Four years back, China once tried to
create its own Linux-based, open mobile
operating system called "OPhone or OMS
(Open Mobile System)", but it was failed
to gain popularity and discontinued after
2011.
Well, do you think, China is competing
with the NSA over spying ability with a
motto to leave room for backdoors or to
defend themselves from NSA surveillance
programs.
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